Discrimination in Healthcare Settings is Associated with Disability in Older Adults: Health and Retirement Study, 2008-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As our society ages, improving medical care for an older population will be crucial. Discrimination in healthcare may contribute to substandard experiences with the healthcare system, increasing the burden of poor health in older adults. Few studies have focused on the presence of healthcare discrimination and its effects on older adults.

Objective

We aimed to examine the relationship between healthcare discrimination and new or worsened disability.

Design

This was a longitudinal analysis of data from the nationally representative Health and Retirement Study administered in 2008 with follow-up through 2012.

Participants

Six thousand and seventeen adults over the age of 50 years (mean age 67 years, 56.3 % female, 83.1 % white) were included in this st

SUBMITTER: Rogers SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4579241 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature